Animals
Tens of billions of land animals, and far more fish, are raised or caught for food each year. Most people never see how they live.
We separate three different kinds of evidence: how many animals are involved and how they are kept, what science says about whether they can suffer, and the ethical arguments people make about that.
You will not find graphic imagery here. Numbers and clear description usually communicate scale more honestly.
Around 80 billion land animals are slaughtered every year, about ten for every person on Earth. Most are chickens. Fish are not counted individually but likely number far more.
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The strongest version of each, and what the evidence makes of it.
About ten land animals per person per year, most of them chickens. Fish are not counted individually, but likely add far more.
The animals we farm can feel pain. For fish the evidence is strong; for crabs and lobsters it is now considered substantial.
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